Starship Troopers is a science-fictionaction film released on November 7, 1997. Directed byPaul Verhoeven and written byEdward Neumeier, it is based on the 1959 novelStarship Troopers byRobert A. Heinlein(pictured). The story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his comrades as they serve in a 23rd-centuryinterstellar war againstaliens called the Arachnids. The film starsCasper Van Dien,Dina Meyer,Denise Richards,Jake Busey,Neil Patrick Harris,Patrick Muldoon, andMichael Ironside.Starship Troopers faced critical backlash, with reviewers seeing it as endorsingfascism, and disparaging its violent content. Despite initial box-office success, negative reviews and unfavorableword of mouth made it only the 34th-highest-grossingfilm of 1997. It has since been critically re-evaluated, and is now considered acult classic and a satire of fascism and authoritarianism that has grown in relevancy. The film launcheda multimedia franchise, video games, comics, and a variety of merchandise. (Full article...)
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TheDalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a bird in the familyPelecanidae. With a length of 160 to 183 centimetres (63 to 72 inches), a mass of 7.25 to 15 kilograms (16.0 to 33.1 pounds) and a wingspan of 245 to 351 centimetres (96 to 138 inches), it is the largestpelican species and one of the world's largest living flying birds. The Dalmatian pelican has a range spanning across much of central Eurasia, from theMediterranean in the west to theTaiwan Strait in the east, and from thePersian Gulf in the south toSiberia in the north. It is a short-to-medium-distancemigrant between breeding and overwintering areas. The Dalmatian pelican's preferred habitat is lakes, rivers, deltas and estuaries, and it feeds on various fish species such as thecommon carp andEuropean perch. Like many pelicans, it is often silent, but can be vocal during the mating season, engaging in a wide range of guttural, deep vocalisations, including barks, hisses and grunts. This Dalmatian pelican was photographed in flight over theDanube Delta in Romania. Photograph credit:Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: |
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